Mike Duggan bows out of Detroit mayoral race

At a press conference early this morning, Mike Duggan announced he is officially withdrawing from Detroit’s mayoral race.

Duggan, the former CEO of the Detroit Medical Center, was kicked off the mayoral ballot last week after the Third Circuit Court ruled that he did not meet the residency requirement in Detroit’s electoral law. The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld that decision. Duggan declined to appeal that ruling.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think you could get knocked off a ballot for filing too soon,” Duggan said. “But that is where we stand.”